# The Guarantee Payments (Exemption) (No. 21) Order 1981, Paragraph 15.1: Availability


An operative in the employment of an employer shall be deemed to have kept himself available for work during the whole of the normal working hours of any day if he complies with the following conditions:
(a) that, unless otherwise instructed by the employer, he has presented himself for work on the site or at the depot at the starting time prescribed by the employer and complies with the employer's instructions in regard to the period (during normal working hours) for which he shall remain on the site or at the depot;
(b) that he is willing and able to perform satisfactorily on the site, at the depot of elsewhere the work for which he was engaged or suitable alternative work; and
(c) that, in all circumstances, particularly weather conditions, he complies satisfactorily with the instructions of the employer as to when, during normal working hours, work is to be carried out, interrupted, or resumed.
If a man, during the normal working hours of any day, fails to keep himself available for work as aforesaid, he shall be deemed not to have kept himself available for any portion of such day except such hours as he has actually worked.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/6/schedule/2/paragraph/15.1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/guarantee-payments-exemption-no-21-order-1981/schedule-2/paragraph-15.1
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